Joseph R. Biden Jr. has surpassed 270 electoral votes, becoming president-elect of the United States.
Joe Biden was declared the winner just over an hour after Donald Trump declared on Twitter and Facebook: “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!”
The Trump campaign says it will continue with its legal challenges, even as most advisers realize it’s unlikely to change the outcome.
Senator Kamala Harris will be the first woman, the first Black woman, the first Indian-American woman and the first daughter of immigrants to be sworn in as vice president.
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Meanwhile, A Former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power compared President Donald Trump to notorious Zimbabwean dictator, Robert Mugabe.
Ms Power was reacting to the ongoing 2020 presidential election after President Trump addressed Americans from the White House on Thursday night.
During the address, Trump continued spewing unfounded conspiracy theories about election fraud and illegal ballot-counting as he once again, he claimed he had won the election, even as ballot counts continued.